May 13, 2026

To celebrate our 2026 Fellowship recipients , we connected with this year’s awardees to learn more about their projects and the unique paths that led them into the field of archaeology.

We’re thrilled to introduce Madolyn Hyytiainen-Jacobson, recipient of the prestigious 2026 Olivia James Traveling Fellowship !

Madolyn Hyytiainen-Jacobson (UC Berkeley)

Tell us about your project:

My research explores how people in the Mycenaean world understood death and the body through an analysis of secondary treatment. Although Mycenaean burial practices have been extensively studied, the meaning and purpose of secondary treatment remain poorly understood.…